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but his willingness to meet with mitt romney and boehner to resolve the situation. but if you heard voters press conference he sounds like he is the same position under no circumstances will taxes ever be raised. gerr he sad the reelection of the president is not a mandate to ise taxes. this is a huge debate. can hey come together? >> i elieve we can seize the futre together. we're not as divided as our politics suggest as cynical as the pundits believe that greater than the sum and we will remain more than a collection of red states and lose states we are the united states of america. gerri: why didn't we hear this four years ago? >> we did. and eight years ago when a bomb gave the speech to the illinois state senators. and insisting i'm higher tax rates boater has agreed to the republicans on the super committee agreed to greater revenues the large benefit to those. gerri: of the high tax reformo ing down rates. >> that is the obvious direction. taxes with people over the year and eery generation we need to clean off the barnacles and done on the bipartisan basis
but his willingness to meet with mitt romney and boehner to resolve the situation. but if you heard voters press conference he sounds like he is the same position under no circumstances will taxes ever be raised. gerr he sad the reelection of the president is not a mandate to ise taxes. this is a huge debate. can hey come together? >> i elieve we can seize the futre together. we're not as divided as our politics suggest as cynical as the pundits believe that greater than the sum and we...
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he also was able to brutally define mitt romney and was brilliant in his targeting of the voters he needed to get out. >> so, give me your bottom line on the republicans now. we talked about the soul-searching. what do they do next? >> reporter: soul-searching, perhaps civil war. you have to look at this party right now. they have won the popular vote only once since 1988 in the presidential race. and it was probably best summed by the head of the american conservative union. he said the party is too old, too white and too male. they lost young women, single women by 40 points, hispanics by almost 40 points, blacks by more than 80 points. this is a party that has to create a much bigger test. >> so he's saying it's a wakeup call. thank you so much, george. >>> and, as we said, after the big speeches last night, there was a jolt of reality today. wall street plummeted, a one-day drop that was the worst in nearly a year. the dow down more than 300 points. was it the election? was it worry about grid lock in washington all over again? abc's bianna golodryga has some answers. >> reporter: wall
he also was able to brutally define mitt romney and was brilliant in his targeting of the voters he needed to get out. >> so, give me your bottom line on the republicans now. we talked about the soul-searching. what do they do next? >> reporter: soul-searching, perhaps civil war. you have to look at this party right now. they have won the popular vote only once since 1988 in the presidential race. and it was probably best summed by the head of the american conservative union. he...
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efforts like this one helped president obama beat mitt romney among hispanic voters by 3-1 in nevada, costing the republicans the white house. >> they think about us like a second thought. like, oh, we need to have hispanics, we may not be able to win. >> reporter: this las vegas businessman, a republican for 40 years, says many his n his party businessman, a republican for 40 years, says many his n his party need to learn to reach out, too, and soften their stance on immigration such as on programs to give illegal immigrants permission to work if they were brought to the u.s. as children. right now as it stands, do you believe there are enough republicans who belief in compromise on immigration? >> well, i want to believe that we believe. >> reporter: do you believe it right now? >> yes, because if i don't believe it i wouldn't be able to be a republican. >> reporter: in florida, colorado, and nevada, the percentage of the electorate that is hispanic has increased one percentage point or more in the last four years. by 2016, at least two million more latinos will be eligible to vote.
efforts like this one helped president obama beat mitt romney among hispanic voters by 3-1 in nevada, costing the republicans the white house. >> they think about us like a second thought. like, oh, we need to have hispanics, we may not be able to win. >> reporter: this las vegas businessman, a republican for 40 years, says many his n his party businessman, a republican for 40 years, says many his n his party need to learn to reach out, too, and soften their stance on immigration...
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is a tremendous amount of respect for hispanic voters across the country. there are a record number of participating in elected officials at the convention. had a before had they haone large number of representatives participating in the convention, so i think that is something to look for it to. we also know the most important topic on everyone's mind is the economy. hispanic unemployment is up 2 to 3 points higher than the general population. that is unacceptable. hispanics are hard hit by obama's. >> that was mario lopez, president of the hispanic leadership. your response? >> what they are going to have this time around is, as a result of the latino vote, you're going have many more hispanic representatives. republican and democrat. we have three latino senators in the u.s. senate in the country with the victory of ortiz, a republican t partyer in taxes, and marco rubio, the republican in florida and bob menendez, democrat in new jersey. all three are keeping american. and all three are very conservative on foreign policy. some domestic policies, they w
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tonight, how he won, why mitt romney lost, and the message voters across america sent last night. we'll have a look at all the trends and results. >>> also tonight, the east coast is taking another hit of extreme weather, and it is going to get worse. it means more trouble for millions of people already hit hard by hurricane sandy. the storm, and the election, nightly news begins now. >>> good evening, while the nation tries to recover from a deep recession, and in a presidential race, we were after all, all told, was as close and as tight as they get. barack obama, the 44th president of the united states was reelected last night. he was somehow able to stitch together a convincing victory, winning just about all of the battleground states that were so heavily fought over in the most expensive race in u.s. history. it was early this morning when the president appeared with his family becoming the third consecutive two-term president we've elected. that has not happened since the time of presidents jefferson, madison, and monroe. president obama won a decisive victory in both the e
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so that romney won white voters by 21 which was as high a margin as we have seen since the 1980s but when you are losing a chunk of the electorate, 25 to 28% and that 80/20 range is not sustainable so that is the big thing going on with that. >> what was the first and second thing that you saw or heard that told you that this might not be such a good night? >> florida. but it was so tight and obama was a little bit ahead and he continued to be ahead and when you look at the counties -- >> will the route to 70 without florida? >> florida was not a good sign. so you no end in terms of again, when we look at the swing voters as well as terms of how did they do, when you look at the exit poll data, and dependence max were from it running usually when we are having these discussions independents help determine the election but that didn't happen this time, again because of all these other margins that were going on in the other subgroups. >> one of the things that was going on among the many things in the blogosphere leading up to the election was the role of independents and can either o
so that romney won white voters by 21 which was as high a margin as we have seen since the 1980s but when you are losing a chunk of the electorate, 25 to 28% and that 80/20 range is not sustainable so that is the big thing going on with that. >> what was the first and second thing that you saw or heard that told you that this might not be such a good night? >> florida. but it was so tight and obama was a little bit ahead and he continued to be ahead and when you look at the counties...
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to court hispanic voters. a lot of moderates jumped on the mitt romney bandwagon. theyn't waed to raise him up and see him win. where do these moderates now turn for a leader and a leadership role in their party? >> i think a lot of these folks are looking towards 2016 already. i'll be honest with you. 24 hours later, the body is still twitching a bit, and the phones started ringing about who's next, who are we going to talk about, who's going to be the leader of the party? the first thing you need when you have a problem is first admit you have a problem, as any good 12-step program would say. i think the party is doing the right thing, taking a step back, we got beat, get up and dust ourselves back. try to work with the president when we can, do what's best for the country, and try to move forward together as a party. >> the same could be said. if president obama had lost, would there be a true democratic leader to rise up and fill the shoes of the democratic party? >> i think there would be. nancy pelosi is
to court hispanic voters. a lot of moderates jumped on the mitt romney bandwagon. theyn't waed to raise him up and see him win. where do these moderates now turn for a leader and a leadership role in their party? >> i think a lot of these folks are looking towards 2016 already. i'll be honest with you. 24 hours later, the body is still twitching a bit, and the phones started ringing about who's next, who are we going to talk about, who's going to be the leader of the party? the first...
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they saw anymore a way that would affect the sort of voters that they needed to get out. on the other hand, the president's vision for the next four years i think is very much shaped, if you listen to the debates on the substance in those debates, around the things of trying to get better equality within our country, getting the economy first moving and being beneficial to more in the country. trying to address immigration reform. there's a whole host of thing he is has laid out, but what happens in these campaigns, if you take the last two or three months it is all about process, the horse race, the sort of ridiculous small things that people deal with in all due respect to the media seems to focus on too much. and the political system, culture, the culture of our country which has become a personality culture in many ways has very much infected the political system. and that changes the nature of these campaigns and you do away with the conventions than basically media events without real substance. >> rose: when will you were you as a democrat most worried? was it afte
they saw anymore a way that would affect the sort of voters that they needed to get out. on the other hand, the president's vision for the next four years i think is very much shaped, if you listen to the debates on the substance in those debates, around the things of trying to get better equality within our country, getting the economy first moving and being beneficial to more in the country. trying to address immigration reform. there's a whole host of thing he is has laid out, but what...
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this year mitt romney got 27%. in fact, since '92 the percentage of white voters has decreased from 87% to 72%. while at the same time, the percentage of latino voters has steadily grown from 2% to 10%. joining me nbc latino contributor, who is also a fellow at university of texas. and msnbc contributor goldie taylor, who is managing editor of the goldie taylor project. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> if mitt romney had gotten the same percentage of the latino vote as john mccain, he would be president-elect this morning. victoria, what happened? >> a number of things happened. what happened with the gop is that there wasn't enough outreach to the latino community, and that is based on the lack of ideological and policy similarity. let's start with immigration. we're always talking about immigration. the republican party decided to take a very hard line against immigration early on in the campaign season. we saw from a recent latino decisions poll that the republican party in 2012 had taken the app
this year mitt romney got 27%. in fact, since '92 the percentage of white voters has decreased from 87% to 72%. while at the same time, the percentage of latino voters has steadily grown from 2% to 10%. joining me nbc latino contributor, who is also a fellow at university of texas. and msnbc contributor goldie taylor, who is managing editor of the goldie taylor project. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> if mitt romney had gotten the same percentage of the latino vote...
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. >> reporter: out reach efforts helped president obama beat mitt romney among hispanic voters 3-1 in nevada costing the republicans the white house. >> they think about us almost like a second thought. we need to have the hispanic vote. >> reporter: las vegas businessman, a republican for 40 years says many in his party need to learn to reach out too and to soften their stance on immigration such as on programs to give illegal immigrants permission to work if they were brought to the u.s. as children. right now it stands do you believe that there are enough republicans who really believe in compromising -- >> i believe it. >> reporter: you believe it right now? >> right. if i don't believe it then i won't be able to be a republican. >> reporter: in florida, colorado and nevada the percentage of the electorate that is hispanic has increased 1 percentage point or more in the last four years. by 2016 at least 2 million more latinos will be yebl vote to. the obama campaign went out of its way to reach hispanics. airing ads like these. it's that sensitivity that mario said was missing fro
. >> reporter: out reach efforts helped president obama beat mitt romney among hispanic voters 3-1 in nevada costing the republicans the white house. >> they think about us almost like a second thought. we need to have the hispanic vote. >> reporter: las vegas businessman, a republican for 40 years says many in his party need to learn to reach out too and to soften their stance on immigration such as on programs to give illegal immigrants permission to work if they were...
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romney with latino voters. women's vote. disadvantage for the g.o.p. continues. there you see again mr. obama with a commanding advantage over mr. romney. and lastly the youth vote. mitt romney's campaign didn't spend a lot of time courting these constituencies tried on occasions but it wasn't the overall focus of how they did it as opposed to the president's campaign which microtargetted. county by county, neighborhood by neighborhood. street by street and picked up these votes. and as a consequence. in the last time back four years ago republic party moved with the tea party to the right. in the next few weeks and months certainly before the 2014 mid terms the g.o.p. will have to look what kind of course it is going to take. >> shepard: a lot of they will calling for a move further to the right. the president said he might want to meet with governor romney. how is that going over? >> well, last night in the president's victory remarks. he said that he would be happy to sit down and talk with mitt romney and in mitt romney's concession speech he emphasized bipar
romney with latino voters. women's vote. disadvantage for the g.o.p. continues. there you see again mr. obama with a commanding advantage over mr. romney. and lastly the youth vote. mitt romney's campaign didn't spend a lot of time courting these constituencies tried on occasions but it wasn't the overall focus of how they did it as opposed to the president's campaign which microtargetted. county by county, neighborhood by neighborhood. street by street and picked up these votes. and as a...
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now, what mitt romney failed to do during this election is make a strong case to hispanic voters why they shouldn't feel a way about him they suspected watching him run to the right of rick perry. he never made a case to hispanic voters. no real money was spent on hispanic outlets by the romney campaign. i think as a result, we really had no place to grow his support. >> there's two things. i think a tremendous amount of money was put into this election for latinos in comparison to what they should be doing. in texas, i'd have to argue. ted cruz, democrats would like to believe the democracy is to lean to the democratic party as latinos grow, they're going to naturally move in. majority of latinos will be democratic, but there are many split ticket voters. many who can't find a place in the republican party with the right candidate and right message. >> and there's people like marco rubio who said before the election even happened, the republicans need to reach out more. gloria, what about the flip side? three quarters of the voter are white in this country and the president did not
now, what mitt romney failed to do during this election is make a strong case to hispanic voters why they shouldn't feel a way about him they suspected watching him run to the right of rick perry. he never made a case to hispanic voters. no real money was spent on hispanic outlets by the romney campaign. i think as a result, we really had no place to grow his support. >> there's two things. i think a tremendous amount of money was put into this election for latinos in comparison to what...
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governor romney won. but women, 53%, if you are winning, as the president did, 55% of the biggest chunk of the electorate and you're competitive elsewhere, you're on your way to winning the election. this is the women vote here. that's one piece. let me slide it over. that's nationally. and it plays out in swing states. a state like colorado, the president won the men's vote as well. men, 51% of the electorate. once a widely republican state in colorado. look at that, more of a classic swing state. it's closer here in colorado. the president won by being competitive among women as well and one more. a little touchy, had a tough couple days. 48% in ohio. 52% in ohio women. once again, look at the gender gap. this is just the gender gap, and bang. especially college educated women in the suburbs, critical to the obama coalition. that's not the only piece. let's come back and look nationally by race. we saw this number last night, we knew governor romney in trouble. 72% of the electorate was white. governor
governor romney won. but women, 53%, if you are winning, as the president did, 55% of the biggest chunk of the electorate and you're competitive elsewhere, you're on your way to winning the election. this is the women vote here. that's one piece. let me slide it over. that's nationally. and it plays out in swing states. a state like colorado, the president won the men's vote as well. men, 51% of the electorate. once a widely republican state in colorado. look at that, more of a classic swing...
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that total included florida's 29 electoral votes, which were romney won white voters, but their share of the electorate was down slightly from 2008. mr. obama overwhelmingly captured black and latino voters. last night, he sought to appeal to both sides of the political divide. >> whether i earned your vote or not, i have listened to you. i have learned from you. and you've made me a better president. with your stories and your struggles, i return to the white house more determined and more inspired than ever about the work there is to do, and the future that lies ahead. ( applause ) >> reporter: as a first step, the president telephoned congressional leaders today to talk about priorities for the rest of the year. he also said he hopes to talk to romney in the days ahead on how to move forward. >> ifill: ray suarez reported for us from obama election headquarters last night. he joins us from chicago now. hi ray. tell us what did the president-elect and the president-- same person, do today? how it he spend his day? >> suarez: he got to spend the night in his own home in chicago. when
that total included florida's 29 electoral votes, which were romney won white voters, but their share of the electorate was down slightly from 2008. mr. obama overwhelmingly captured black and latino voters. last night, he sought to appeal to both sides of the political divide. >> whether i earned your vote or not, i have listened to you. i have learned from you. and you've made me a better president. with your stories and your struggles, i return to the white house more determined and...
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now, voters do oppose tax hikes according to these polls and they did trust romney more on keeping taxes down. but interestingly, they trusted obama more in getting unemployment down. and here too mitt romney did not make the economic growth sale. two other quick points. first, romney lost the hispanic point by 40 points. 70-30. devastating. as i have repeatedly said down through the years, if the gop doesn't develop a more compassionate and opportunity-centered immigration policy, it is never going to win another presidential election in my lifetime. and finally, hurricane sandy, a huge october surprise. listen to this. 64% of voters cited it as an important factor with 62% of that vote going to the president. so like everybody, i congratulate president obama, but i'm going to spend the next few years watching him for free market principles of economic freedom. that's what i try to do to protect this great country of ours. moments ago house speaker john boehner re-elected to a 14th term in congress says he will consider tax increases as part of a zeal to tackle the fiscal cliff. to sort
now, voters do oppose tax hikes according to these polls and they did trust romney more on keeping taxes down. but interestingly, they trusted obama more in getting unemployment down. and here too mitt romney did not make the economic growth sale. two other quick points. first, romney lost the hispanic point by 40 points. 70-30. devastating. as i have repeatedly said down through the years, if the gop doesn't develop a more compassionate and opportunity-centered immigration policy, it is never...
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mitt romney did very well with white voters in particular white men, but he lost every other demographic group including hispanics, the fastest growing group in this country. how do you reach out? rush limbaugh said how do we reach out and include more of those people without changing our ideology? what's the answer to that dilemma? >> certainly don't have to change ideology. here's the point, we ought to be for good policy. my old boss ronald reagan used to say at the end of the day good policy's good politics. and good policy in the united states is we are in a global battle for capital and labor. and we need to have what is good economic policy for america on immigration because we do need labor. we not only need ph.d.s in science and technology, we need skilled workers and we need unskilled workers. and we need to have an immigration policy that is good economic policy, and then -- and then the politics will take care of itself. >> you know the finger-pointing has already begun and the posturing has already begun, governor. and there are conservatives in your party saying because of
mitt romney did very well with white voters in particular white men, but he lost every other demographic group including hispanics, the fastest growing group in this country. how do you reach out? rush limbaugh said how do we reach out and include more of those people without changing our ideology? what's the answer to that dilemma? >> certainly don't have to change ideology. here's the point, we ought to be for good policy. my old boss ronald reagan used to say at the end of the day good...
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again, how much of this would you say is mitt romney or the party not reaching out to minority voters? what is it? >> i think perhaps what we should see of what went right. it was a very smart calculated get out the game the strategy. if you saw in those ke nine nine states. all of those swing states with the exception of north carolina was a very dedicated ground game that got it out there. and in some ways, what ever happened in this campaign was probably closer than it could have been. but i think that when we look at where the polls have been and trending the outcome was really making sure that the, the out came ground game. >> he did have one year to prepare the was great. >>pam: grant lotus is following the national map last night. there is still one state that does not have the totals! >> that is correct, p.m. that is the state of florida. and there is no definitive word on when the final tally in florida will be official. we are supposedly hurrying hearing that they're going to be working to get the numbers. if you remember it year 2000 with al gore. they still need to get and
again, how much of this would you say is mitt romney or the party not reaching out to minority voters? what is it? >> i think perhaps what we should see of what went right. it was a very smart calculated get out the game the strategy. if you saw in those ke nine nine states. all of those swing states with the exception of north carolina was a very dedicated ground game that got it out there. and in some ways, what ever happened in this campaign was probably closer than it could have been....
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. >> in hindsight, senator marco rubio would have been the best choice to run with mitt romney. the gop needs to send a powerful signal to hispanic voters that the party respects them. >> conservative radio host though rush limbaugh fired back. >> don't tell me the republican party doesn't have outreach. we do. but what are we supposed to do now? we supposed -- in order to get the hispanic or latino vote, does that mean open the borders and embrace the illegals? if we're not getting the female vote, do we become pro-choice? do we start passing out birth control pills? >> do they really want to go down that road again. eric erickson said it was romney, not conservatives, o who deserved the blame for defeat. tweeting, dear gop, in four years please don't go for the he's the most electable argument." eric erickson has been on that point for months and that's why he was the last person on board in romney world, if you will, when romney eventually got the nomination. some republicans seem anxious for that 2016 search to begin and begin quickly. they themselves want to get involved in
. >> in hindsight, senator marco rubio would have been the best choice to run with mitt romney. the gop needs to send a powerful signal to hispanic voters that the party respects them. >> conservative radio host though rush limbaugh fired back. >> don't tell me the republican party doesn't have outreach. we do. but what are we supposed to do now? we supposed -- in order to get the hispanic or latino vote, does that mean open the borders and embrace the illegals? if we're not...
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turn voters away from the president. there was an attack ad and that message, they could reach women and hispanics and that assertion on its face seems like a pretty reasonable assertion. we knew no present have been reelected since world war ii with unemployment so high. obama changed the rule. he said he realized that unemployment was where it is but he will change the nature of the electorate. >> he is the first incumbent president since and jackson to be reelected with fewer votes than he got the first time. he will win with low 300 electoral votes. that is hardly a landslide. what is his mandate? he did say, "elect me because that other guy is really scummy." he is overseeing a polarized electorate. we are a very clean the electorate. -- a very cleaved electorate. in walks president obama who now has to -- now has a second chance to fill the promises of his first election, which were to forge a consensus across the aisle to solve the big problems in this country. the election was too much about the small things. >>
turn voters away from the president. there was an attack ad and that message, they could reach women and hispanics and that assertion on its face seems like a pretty reasonable assertion. we knew no present have been reelected since world war ii with unemployment so high. obama changed the rule. he said he realized that unemployment was where it is but he will change the nature of the electorate. >> he is the first incumbent president since and jackson to be reelected with fewer votes...
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mitt romney got nearly 6 out of 10 white voters. most people thought that the obama campaign was being wildly optimistic that they could get the minority turnout to 28% of the vote but they did just what they said. >> bill: they got it to 28%. is that what it was in 2008? >> no, it was 26%. >> bill: they actually under their quo tent. >> under their quotient. not just the latino voters which you mentioned in the talking points memo but also they got young people to the polls. >> bill: youngsters didn't go for obama the way they did in 2008. he didn't get as many -- >> -- the story here is they did show up in bigger numbers and seniors did not. seniors were much more favorable towards mitt romney. basically the obama campaign knew who they had to get to the polls and they got them out. >> bill: did that surprise you, doctor? >> yes, it did. look, everybody said before the election and on election day ohio, ohio, ohio. well, now that the election is over, what we ought to be saying is demographics, demographics, demographics because t
mitt romney got nearly 6 out of 10 white voters. most people thought that the obama campaign was being wildly optimistic that they could get the minority turnout to 28% of the vote but they did just what they said. >> bill: they got it to 28%. is that what it was in 2008? >> no, it was 26%. >> bill: they actually under their quo tent. >> under their quotient. not just the latino voters which you mentioned in the talking points memo but also they got young people to the...
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wendy biondi was undecided voter. leaning towards governor romney last time we talked. we got to know her when she attended the second presidential debate. nice to have you with us. colleen come bell was a speechwriter for president george w. bush. she is the author of my sisters same. great to have you all. we haven't talked in a couple weeks. you were undecided when we last talked. how did you end up voting? >> i voted for romney. jenna: what was the main reason behind that decision? >> i think it came down to three things, really. one as i said before, it had to do with his blueprint for the economy. i really don't think obama has any sort of plan for the economy. he had his four years to sort of give us an idea what he is going to do and in my opinion he has failed. two, i am really faith-based person. i'll catholic and, 90% of americans are, you know, rooted in some sort of religion. and i don't think that obama displays any form of faith at all. i think that's important to me. and finally, the whole pro-choice, pro-life thing. i'm a pro-life person. and you know,
wendy biondi was undecided voter. leaning towards governor romney last time we talked. we got to know her when she attended the second presidential debate. nice to have you with us. colleen come bell was a speechwriter for president george w. bush. she is the author of my sisters same. great to have you all. we haven't talked in a couple weeks. you were undecided when we last talked. how did you end up voting? >> i voted for romney. jenna: what was the main reason behind that decision?...
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mitt romney actually won white voters by the biggest margin of any candidate since ronald reagan in 1984. but they are a shrinking portion of the vote. the obama coalition's growing by leaps and bounds. latinos, for the first time, are now 10% of the electorate. obama won their big time. more than twice as many unmarried women backed obama over romney, also a growing sector of the vote. and the president once again got huge support from young people. so, how will republicans react? >> hey, any of you guys in there want to come sit in my chair today? anybody? >> reporter: a shell-shocked rush limbaugh offered one option. contempt for obama supporters. >> they think that the only way they're going to have a chance for anything is if somebody comes along and takes from somebody else and gives it to them. sanda claus. and it's hard to beat santa claus. >> reporter: that old slander that americans who support obama are all somehow moochers and takers, it's become bedrock belief for more republicans. mitt romney echoed it. >> 47% who are with them dependent upon government, they believe they a
mitt romney actually won white voters by the biggest margin of any candidate since ronald reagan in 1984. but they are a shrinking portion of the vote. the obama coalition's growing by leaps and bounds. latinos, for the first time, are now 10% of the electorate. obama won their big time. more than twice as many unmarried women backed obama over romney, also a growing sector of the vote. and the president once again got huge support from young people. so, how will republicans react? >>...